The benefits of a tripsitter

If it's your first time, it's good to know that a trip sitter can make your trip more comfortable. A trip sitter can help calm you down if you start to freak out or don't like the experience. But trip sitters are more common during very intense psychedelic sessions or with so-called “hero doses.” These usually contain 25 to 40 grams of Magic Truffles or more than 3 to 4 grams of dried Mushrooms. With such a dosage, the user can lose touch with reality. In those cases, a tripsitter can be really useful.

Can anyone be a trip sitter?

Under the influence of psychedelics, you tend to overreact and be very sensitive to everything. The trip sitter chosen should be the most reassuring person you know. How much experience a trip sitter has with psychedelics is only important after that. That is why your partner, best friend, or a family member could be your best choice.

Always avoid strangers acting as trip sitters and choose only people you feel truly comfortable with. Even if this person has experience with psychedelics, the advice is to have a trip sitter whom you trust and have a bond with.

To answer the question posed. Yes, anyone can be a tripsitter. Make sure you are surrounded by people you know and who have some experience with psychedelics. This way, you or the tripsitter will always be in a pleasant environment.

What is a hero dose?

A heroic dose or a heroic trip usually describes a super intense psychedelic experience. A heroic dose usually contains 25 to 40 grams of magic truffles or more than 3 to 4 grams of dried psilocybin mushrooms. You can't compare a strong trip to a heroic trip. Make no mistake, a heroic trip should actually mean that you don't want to repeat the trip... At least for a while.

Psychonauts accustomed to the correct dosage For a strong trip, hold onto that. Going beyond that is not only scary, it also requires perfect conditions and can quickly go wrong due to insufficient preparation. That's where the term "hero" comes into play: hero usually refers to an experience so powerful that the subconscious takes over completely, and you push the boundaries of what tripping is.

With great power comes great responsibility: taking a heroic dose of Magic Truffles or psilocybin mushrooms requires preparation, respect, and full determination. What do people expect during a heroic journey? To die and to be reborn. If you cannot even imagine the thought of this (ego death) happening, always keep your dosage below 2-3 grams of dried psilocybin mushrooms.

What is ego death?

Ego death is a unique experience that can occur during a very strong psychedelic trip. During ego death, one loses their complete sense of self. In other words, you go from a self-centered perspective to... well, something completely unbiased.

The "ego death" is a phenomenon that is difficult to explain and can occur high doses of mushrooms, high doses of LSD, DMT, or ayahuasca. It usually involves a complete out-of-body experience where your consciousness leaves your body.

Our ego is the most important instrument of the human mind that makes us feel alive, and we must thank our ego for how far we have come. But it might be a good idea to let your ego rest and rewire yourself occasionally.

And this experience can be as frightening as it sounds: there's a reason the word death is in this term. Furthermore, it's not an experience that can only happen under the influence of psychedelics; Buddhists call it enlightenment and believe it can be achieved with meditation, Sufi Muslims call it “fana,” and psychoanalysts like Carl Jung describe ego death as “psychic death.”.

Ego death is complete transcendence beyond this world, beyond space or time, beyond oneself. After ego death, there are no visions, no thoughts, no sense of self: what remains is pure consciousness. As you can imagine, your ego will fight as hard as it can when it senses this experience... but at this point, there are only two ways it can go: you scream and fight it, or you just let it go. And if you decide to let it happen, then you become everything without a sense of self.

Conclusion

A tripsitter is definitely useful if it's your first time or if you're about to start, for example, a hero dose. A tripsitter can guide you during your journey of discovery and help if needed. Hopefully, you've learned enough from this text to be a tripsitter yourself next time.

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